Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 2:07 PM
Filed under: Nipple
I’ve had my nipples pierced for about a year and a half now. I got them originally done with CBRs and have always kept CBRs in them. Lately, though, I’ve thought about switching it up and putting some barbells in. Obviously, I don’t want to get a barbell that’s the *exact* length of the fistula.. I know you need some extra wiggle room so that the balls aren’t pressing right up on the piercing. Is there a standard for how much extra length you should give yourself? I’ve seen so many people with too short or too long barbells.. I want these to be just right!
If your piercing is fully healed then fitting a barbell where the balls touch the nipple is fine. It’s only during the healing phase that it is advisable to leave a little room so that any exudate can drain away from the fistula.
+9 / 13 votes 
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Posted by Tiff Badhairdo | Permalink | 4 Comments
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 1:45 PM
Dear Bmezine
I’ve had an infection in my lip piercing for a weeks time now. I’ve taken all my antibiotics, but it’s not worked at all. My lip is swollen and the piercing is so sore that I can barely touch it, let alone clean it. I called the doctor this morning for more antibiotics, but she wouldn’t give them to me and just told me to take out the piercing. Knowing about trapped infections, I didn’t do that, but if I can’t get more antibiotics and the infection gets worse, what do I do?
Chili
Go see another doctor. If your doctor has already prescribed you antibiotics then I’m assuming they did so because they were satisfied that there was an infection present. Telling you over the phone that you don’t need a second course and to just remove the jewellery makes me think that they either don’t believe you - in which case you need to have them see you or that they hastlily prescribed antibiotics in the first instance for something that is most likely irritation. Either way, you need to make an appointment to see a doctor.
+11 / 11 votes 
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Posted by Tiff Badhairdo | Permalink | 5 Comments
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 1:35 PM
I got a VCH almost 3 years ago. It healed fine, in a matter of days. Have had no problems with it for the entire time. I have a curved barbell in there, same size that I always have had. Been wearing the same jewelry for at least 9 months. I have been experiencing some pretty intense pain, well, on the very sensitive area behind the jewelry. It has been going on for several days and I am wondering if it could possibly be due to bruising, and if so is the jewelry preventing it from healing? Will I have to take it out? I just can’t believe I’ve never had problems with it for years and now I am having trouble sitting in certain positions and having to adjust my junk pretty frequently, which is not very appropriate.
From what you say the piercing is well healed and your current jewellery has been fine for the best part of a year and only recently you have been getting pain behind the piercing. Can you think of anything you did immediately prior to the pain? A particularly energetic sex session, perhaps? If it isn’t from direct trauma then it could be that maybe you have something trapped under your hood between the piercing and skin that could be irritating it (I sometimes shudder at some of the gritty or glittery bits they put in soaps and other bath products!). Try removing the jewellery and flushing out your piercing with a very mild seasalt solution. If it is externally threaded jewellery, check that the ball is on tightly and none of the thread is exposed as that can ‘trap’ tissue and cause acute pinching sensation. The length of time that you have had this piercing and the jewellery suggests to me that your problem isn’t directly related to the piercing itself or the jewellery.
+8 / 12 votes
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Posted by Tiff Badhairdo | Permalink | 1 Comment
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 5:07 AM
i was just wondering.
that if i get a monroe piercing, how would i go about hair removal on my upper lip?
apart from tweezing, is there any other options that are safe fir hair removal around the piered area??
thankyou
xox
Hair removal around a fresh piercing is probably not a great idea while it’s still new.
I would suggesting having the hair removed 24-48hours prior the the piercing procedure and waiting as long as you can to have it done again.
If you’re waxing, you may be able to remove the jewelry long enough to carefully wax around the piercing site (I would not suggest applying wax directly over the piercing itself)
Tweezing tends to be rather traumatizing to the tissue anywhere as it tugs a lot.
Look around for an esthetician skilled in “threading” which zips the hair out by spinning twisted thread around the the hairs. It rolls the hair out a bit gentler and faster than tweezing does and you may be able to keep your jewelry in at the same time.
+4 / 4 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | Comments
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 12:59 AM
Filed under: Tongue
I have a really big desire to have an open hole in my tongue and I’ve been looking at 8g eyelets(I am currently at a 10g barbell). I just have a few questions about this.
First of all, is it possible to use an 8g eyelet in a tongue piercing? All I’ve ever seen in tongues are very large plugs or barbells.
Also, I’ve looked at eyelets for ears and they look much too short. My tongue isn’t particularly thick but normal tongue barbells are much longer than any eyelets that I’ve seen. Will short ones still work or should I look for longer ones? Do they make longer ones or is it something that might have to be custom made?
Also, are double flared eyelets a possibility or should I stick with a single flare/oring? And as far as material, I’ve seen wood, metal, glass, plastic, etc. I figured glass would be out of the question, in case I bit down on it but should I stick with only the typical metal piercings?
I think that that is all I can think of for now. Thanks
Unless you like drooling excessively and somewhat uncontrollably this is a bad idea.
-1 / 33 votes 
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | 9 Comments
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 12:57 AM
Hi…I am wanting to get a scarification of a simple vine and leaves from the top of my shoulder, across my back, and over my hip. I have never had any other body mods done, and the reason I want to do this one is because I have other scars and stretch marks on my body that I don’t like, and I want a scar that I can think of as beautiful, so I can work on accepting my other ones. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I wanted a tattoo at first, but I realized I don’t want ink, I just want my own skin. My question is this: I have heard of scars being done with a tattoo gun, but I can’t seem to find any other information about it. What would I need to do to ensure that it would actually scar, since you usually treat a tat so it -won’t- scar? Is the whole idea even worth it, or would I have better results with just regular cutting? I had thought about skin removal, but I don’t think I could handle that just yet.
Any other information on this would be great. I don’t want keliods, I just want a visible scar. Thanks in advance!
A cutting will give you far better results. Tattoo machine scarification can be attained by several means; dulling or kinging the needles, using an irritant as ink, adjusting the needle depth and machine tunings as well as others but with the quality of cutting being done today, it seems like a crude method of obtaining the results I imagine you desire.
+7 / 9 votes
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | 1 Comment
Thursday November 20th, 2008 @ 12:53 AM
I remember from a human sexuality class that “double-bagging” condoms (wearing 2 at once) defeats the purpose, that they rub holes in each other. This begs the question, if latex can rub holes in latex, wouldn’t steel or titanium have a similar problem?
The skinny: if I’m a dude with a genital piercing, will a condom be able to do its job?
Absolutely. With over a decade of pierced sexual promiscuity behind me and not a single std to date I can proudly attest that condoms do indeed work with piercings. I do reccomend extra strength condoms and also QUALITY jewelry of a decent gauge so as to be smooth and not sharp, your partners (uness they are total masochist) will also appreciate this. At one point in time they even made condoms specifically for PA piercings, if anyone can remember the manufacturer and knows if they are still produced please comment here.
+7 / 11 votes
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | 3 Comments
Saturday November 15th, 2008 @ 3:04 PM
Filed under: Ear
I’ve had my ears stretched for a while now and I keep getting this build up on the tunnels I have in. I try and keep my ears clean but they also give off a slight smell. Is this common? What can i do about it? Thanks.
That build-up you get is a collection of skin oils and dead skin cells that collect on your jewelry. Just like the skin cells die and slough off the rest of you body, they do the same thing with stretched ears. Generally the bigger the lobes, the more build-up because there is more surface area of skin. The smell that goes with that build-up is normal…albeit potentially gross.
You have a few options:
The easiest is to simply wash your lobes and your jewelry (assuming it’s steel, titanium or stone) each day. It doesn’t take much effort or much time.
Another option would be to change to some sort of a natural jewelry, such as horn, bone, wood, bamboo etc. These material are more porous than steel, titanium acrylic, glass or stone and will therefore absorb some of the oils and skin cells, reducing the amount of build-up and the therefore the smell.
Depending upon the size of your lobes, and how well they stay stretched, you could try not wearing jewelry while you sleep. This will allow the tissue to breath and dry out at night, helping to reduce the build-up.
You could try massaging your lobes with something like Emu Oil or Holey Buttr stretched lobe creme. These types of products can help increase the overall health of your stretched lobes, which will often reduce the amount of build-up you get.
Best of luck!
+17 / 19 votes
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | 5 Comments
Saturday November 15th, 2008 @ 3:00 PM
Hi,
I’ve been wondering this for some time, and held off on getting my microdermals just for precautionary measures.
I used to have my sternum pierced with a bar, and it began to reject so I took it out.
I have two scars on my chest obviously, but if I got microdermals put in where those scars are, would it have any more of a chance to reject, would it hurt more, or is it even reccomended?
Thanks in advance.
:)<3
At this point, the prevailing experience seems to be that if you can avoid putting microdermals in spots where there is scar tissue, that is typically best. Some people experience no problems having microdermals where scar tissu is, but many people find that they have a prolonged healing time and/or seem more likely to reject.
My advice would be to put them slightly away from the scar tissue if it will still allow you to achieve what you are going for aesthetically. Obviously, consulting with a piercer who has experience with microdermals is also important.
If you absolutely must do them in the same spot, it may be worth investing some time and money into a scar-reduction product such Mederma (there are several others).
+5 / 5 votes
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | 2 Comments
Thursday November 13th, 2008 @ 11:10 AM
I recently got a piece done on my rib cage and I should have been a little more… critical? of the drawing and there are a few errors/bits i’m not pleased with and I was wondering if i could get them removed and redone or will that look messed up? they are minor but bothering my head. thanks
Could is always a sort of open concept here at ASKBME.
Yes- you can get laser removal on the parts you don’t like and once healed tattoo the area again.
But the laser is not an eraser and is not without complications. It’s a process. One that I’m glad is a ready option, but may not be as cut and dried as simply going, having a session and tattooing it again.
So yes- you can have parts hit with a laser and eventually redone.
Just make sure you use more critical judgment when it comes to finding the right person to do the removal. Live and learn!
+10 / 12 votes
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Posted by Shawn Porter | Permalink | 1 Comment
